The Atopia Chronicles by Matthew Mather

In a near-future world reshaped by an all-encompassing virtual platform that promises escape and reinvention, individuals and institutions clash over who controls reality, privacy, and power; the story follows a small group of people navigating hacking, surveillance, political upheaval, and personal loyalties as they struggle to protect loved ones, expose dangerous secrets, and wrestle with what it means to be human when the boundaries between the virtual and the real collapse.

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